Quizzes

Ten minutes of each lecture will be devoted to an individual (not group) open book, open note quiz. The quiz has two purposes:

• Diagnostic The first purpose is to assess, for both you and me, your knowledge of previous material. For this reason there will be one question which requires a good understanding of previous material.
• Motivational The second purpose is to motivate you to come to class and to read the material for the upcoming lecture. For this reason, there will be one question on the reading you are supposed to do for this day's lecture.

Since the first question on the quiz is diagnostic in nature, you will get full credit (10 points) whether you give the correct answer or not. I will use these questions to see if the class as a whole is getting the ideas. You should use them to identify areas where your understanding is weak.

The second question will be factual in nature and based on the assigned reading. If you do the reading, you should be able to answer it. Therefore, it will be graded (out of 10 points) and the grade counted.

To help you diagnose where you need to improve, I will go over the quiz solution immediately after the quiz.

The lowest quiz score will be dropped.